Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.

M. M. KEARNEY.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUIIY a, 1903.

1 10 MODEL.

I N VENT 01? Jficizael JL/Zarney A 770mm rs Patented November 1'7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL MOYLES KEARNEY, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,556, dated November'17, 1903.

Application filed July 6,1903. SerialNo.164,826. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LMICHAEL MOYLES KEAR- NEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Scranton,in the county of Lackawanna and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a and valve that the bottle may bepresented complete at a minimum of cost and whereby the bottle in itsentirety will be exceedingly simple and readily understandable by anyperson of ordinary intelligence.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafterfully set'forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the neck of the bottle and aportion of the body and likewise a vertical section throughthe stopperin the bottle, showing the valve in side elevation and likewise thecork, the latter being only partially introduced into the stopper. Fig.2 is asection similar to Fig. 1, the bottle being shown inclined-and thecork removed to permit of the contents of the bottle being poured out;and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the neck of the bottle and adjacent portionof the body. 1

A represents the body of a bottle, which may be of any desired shape,andB the neck thereof, which is an integral portion of the body. Theneck Bis provided with an enlargement 10 between its central portion andthe point where it connects with the body, and within the-enlargedsection 10 of the neck a chamber 11 is formed, practically heart-shaped,being contracted at its lower end. At the lower end portion of thechamber an opening 12 is produced in direct communication with the. bodyof the bottle; butthis opening 12 is normally closed by a ball 13, whichis seated at the bottom portion of theich'amber 11, extending partiallythrough the said opening 12, as is shown in Fig. 1.

In the upper straight portion of the neck B when the stopper isconstructed of glass it may be ground so as to make a perfect fit in theneck, or it may be cemented or cemented and ground. The stopper 0 isprovided with a central bore or channel 14, which is in communicationwith the outside atmosphere at the top of the stopper and incommunication with the central portion of the chamber 11 at the top ofthe latter.

After the bottle has been filled with liquid the ball 13 is placed inposition in the chamber 11, and then the stopper 0 is fixed in place.Finally the upper portion of the bore of the stopper 0 is closed by acork 15 and the top of the neck of the bottle may then be sealed withwax, or the usual capsule may be placed over the upper portion of thebottle, if desired. As long as the bottle remains upright, orpractically so, the ball 13 will be seated at the bottom of the chamber1]., closing communication between said chamber andthe body of thebottle; but when the cork 15 is withdrawn and the bottle is turned up,as is shown in Fig. 2, the ball 13 will roll along the wall of thechamber 11 to a point in engagement with the bottom of the stop-v per G,which bottom portion is more or less concaved, as is shown at 16 inFigs. 1 and 2. As'ithe ball 13 takes the position in the chamber 11shown in Fig. 2 the liquid will flow freely from the body of the bottleout through .the passage 14 in the stopper 0.

14 is really so small that but little liquid could be introduced intothe bottle even under pressure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In non-refillable bottles, a body, a neckinteriorly enlarged at its lower end to form a chamber, said chamber atits lower end being contracted and opening into the body of the bottle,a ball-valve within said chamber normally closing communication betweenthe same and the body of the bottle, a stopper secured in the neck ofthe bottle above the chamber, the lower end of the stopper forming thetop wall of said chamber, said stopper having an opening extending fromtop to bottom and being annularly concaved on its lower end around saidopening said concavity uniting with the walls of the chamber to give thesame a heart-shaped configuration, and a closure for temporarily closingthe upper portion of said passage in the stopper.

2. In non-refillable bottles, a body, a neck having an enlarged interiorrecess at its lower portion forming a chamber, a ball-valve within saidchamber, a stopper secured in the neck of the bottle above said chamberand provided with a central opening extending from top to bottom, andmeans for temporarily closing the upper portion of said passage, saidinternal chamber having an opening leading into the body of the bottleand adapted to receive and seat a portion of the circumference of theball when the bottle is in an up-- right position, said stopper beingprovided on its lower end with an annular recess eX- tending from thecentral opening in the stopper to the outer periphery thereof and theremerging into the walls of the recess in the bottle-neck, said annularrecess being of a curvature to be fitted by the circumference of theball to form a seat for said ball when the neck of the bottle is tilteddownwardly.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MICHAEL MOYLES KEARNEY.

\Vitnesses:

M. J. MCANDREW, DAVID LANDAU.

